Quotes About Being Raised Right

#1. My parents told me they knew they made lots of mistakes raising us, but that they did their best. Most parents will say something like that at some point, and they are usually right. But I think children also do their best while being raised. Finding family "happiness" is a fine balancing act.

Torill Kove

#2. I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.

Abraham Verghese

#3. Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

#4. Where is the peace that should with thee abide O Earth?

Ina Coolbrith

#5. I don't believe in a god, not in the traditional sense anyway. I guess that's what being raised Catholic has done to me. But I do believe in energy. I do believe in right and wrong. I do believe in kindness and truth.

R.B. O'Brien

#6. What was that about?" he asked his voice deep with a bitter distain.
I raised an eyebrow at him, "What was what about?"
"All that, 'Are-you-okay?' and 'Do-you-want-to-talk-about-it?' crap."
"I was being nice. You know, that thing you being the total opposite of right now.

Sara Massa

#7. We usually think that a strong economy leads to an increase in life satisfaction among the population. We found that's not the case in Scotland.

David Blanchflower

#8. We can't laugh quite as much on camera, but we sure do on the set.

Mary Hart

#9. The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.

Craig Finn

#10. She wears those old fashioned pj's like body armour. Going to bed these days is like wresting with Kevlar.

Poppet

#11. I raised my right hand and placed my left on the Quran, which was being held by my wife and mom. Suddenly, I was blinded by a cascade of camera flashes ...

Keith Ellison

#12. The work of art itself is ... a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way more open and enriched.

Susan Sontag